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SHANE - ORIGINAL 'FIRST DRAFT' SCRIPT BY A.B. GUTHRIE, JR.
SHANE - ORIGINAL 'FIRST DRAFT' SCRIPT BY A.B. GUTHRIE, JR.

SHANE - ORIGINAL 'FIRST DRAFT' SCRIPT BY A.B. GUTHRIE, JR.

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  • Condition: First draft SCRIPTdated 7/9, 10,11,12, 1951. (130pp.) Mechanically produced unbound pale yellow sheets. Fine, but for mild damp spotting at lower right hand corner of front page. No title page or list of characters present. Just the underlined title "Shane" centered above. Text commences with: Fade In on page 1 and concludes with The End on page 130. This would appear to be the first iteration of this classic script. The characters names read differently than the film with "Joey" being called "Bob" "Ryker" called "Fletcher" and "Jack Wilson" called "Slick Wilson." The famous dialogue exchange between Stonewall Torrey and Wilson is not present, only the action between them is depicted. Same with Shane's calling Wilson "A low-down Yankee liar" and Wilson's exhortation to "prove it."Seems first-time screenwriter Guthrie knocked the script out in a mere 4 days. Fine tuning and additions came later. Remarkable document shedding insight into the evolution of the script from book to film.
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    A.B. Guthrie, Jr.  "
    SHANE
    ." Paramount
    (
    NP) (1951) First draft SCRIPT designated an 'actor review copy' passed around the screening room for possible directorial changes and input. Dated 7/9, 10,11,12, 1951. (130pp.) Mechanically produced unbound pale yellow sheets. Fine, but for  mild damp spotting at lower right hand corner of front page. No title page or list of characters present. Just the underlined title "Shane" centered above. Text commences with: Fade In on page 1 and concludes with The End on page 130. This would appear to be the first iteration of this classic script. The characters names read differently than the film with "Joey" being called "Bob" "Ryker" called "Fletcher" and "Jack Wilson" called "Slick Wilson." The famous dialogue exchange between Stonewall Torrey and Wilson is not present, only the  action between them is depicted. Same with Shane's calling Wilson "A low-down Yankee liar" and
    Wilson
    's exhortation to "prove it." Seems first-time screenwriter Guthrie knocked the script out in a mere 4 days. The fine tuning and additions came later. A remarkable document shedding insight into the evolution of the script from book to film.